Benefits of Streamlining Access Recertification
admin Access recertification is a nightmare for any organization looking to fulfill SOX, HIPAA, ISO27001, GDPR, or PCI compliance. With expanding IT stacks, limited resources, and increased scrutiny—it’s more important than ever to increase internal security and build scalable, repeatable processes. For many organizations, the current …
Identity as the New Perimeter: The Importance of Regular User Access Reviews
Abhi Kumar Written By: Abhi Kumar The term “identity as the new perimeter” refers to the notion that the traditional network perimeter, which was once the primary focus of security teams, is no longer an adequate means of protecting the sensitive data of an enterprise. The changing …
Automate your Customers Cyber Security Risk Assessments for Regulatory Compliance and Audits
Bathool Mohd Managed Service Providers (MSP/MSSP) provide security services to customers. As part of the cybersecurity program, performing security risk assessments, identify security gaps and provide remediation to protect customer data and consumer privacy to meet regulatory compliance and security audits. MSPs Need SaaS based IT Assessment …
Manual User Access Reviews are Scary
Written By : Abhi Kumar It’s that time of year again—Halloween! And what could be more frightening than a manual user access review? User access review is an essential component of the access management process. It helps organizations meet compliance mandates for SOX, FFIEC, HIPAA …
See Yourself In Cyber: Phish On
Written By : Abhi Kumar October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Since 2004 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA), and the industry has come together to raise awareness about digital security and empower everyone to protect their personal data from digital forms …
Identity Governance and Service Accounts
Written By : Abhi Kumar WHAT ARE SERVICE ACCOUNTS? Service accounts are a special kind of non-human account that are often used with the intention of automating a wide variety of different system functions. They have their own unique set of permissions and privileges. Service …
Why it’s Time to Democratize User Access Reviews
Even for the most streamlined organizations, the process of collecting a list of users, roles, and permissions across all systems then correlating user identities to accounts, assigning reviews to managers or application owners, and resolving or remediating all violations is anything but easy. …
A Taxonomy for Cybersecurity Control Sets
To improve capabilities of the business and IT Security implementations, a line-of-sight must be established so that all levels of the organization understand the high-level assessment and are able to reference where a security control is being implemented. A referenced taxonomy of controls permits governance …
Compliance Challenge: Manage Employee Transition
With recent upheaval in the workforce, transitions to distributed and remote teams, and The Great Resignation; organizations of all sizes should be reviewing and establishing their termination and transition processes. IT admins in an organization are typically responsible for securing data, managing access to resources, …
Security Risk Assessments to Create Organizational Security Profile Metrics and Remediation with Security Standards (NIST) and Regulatory Compliance
Risk Visibility Compliance Manual , Expensive and Complex Implementation How SecurEnds GRC solves problems Simplified Integrated Risk and Compliance Management Solution for Enterprises. SecurEnds GRC — Integrated Risk & Compliance Management Product: Enterprise Risk Assessments to Create Organizational Security Profile Metrics and Remediation with Security Controls …
